NSW’S FIRST LIVE MUSIC CENSUS SHOWS 795 VENUES
NSW’s first-ever census of dwell music, The State Of The Scene report, has proven that there are 795 venues throughout the state, supplies 25,000 jobs and contributes an financial output of $5.5 billion to the NSW financial system.
The numbers crunch all the way down to 55 devoted dwell music venues, 453 common and ongoing venues, 56 large-scale multipurpose venues and 231 venues that supply dwell music as an ancillary perform.
The report used suggestions from 750 trade members and 550 dwell music punters.
Evening Time
Minister for Music and the Evening-Time Financial system, John Graham mentioned: “We’ve got by no means recognized the total variety of venues or had a transparent image of their financial influence of dwell music in NSW.
“Now we wish to develop that quantity.
“What this exhibits shouldn’t be solely the variety of venues that supply dwell music throughout the state, however the several types of venues and the vital roles they play of their group, in addition to the large social, financial impacts and jobs the trade supplies.”
Rising
The Minister defined it was unattainable to develop the quantity with out realizing the figures.
“This information will permit Authorities to raised reply to trade and viewers wants, and goal bringing extra venues on-line which can at the moment have the capability to supply dwell music however aren’t doing so.”
Larger Perception
It’s given the Authorities a better perception to what’s conserving the sector again. These included:
The monetary pressures dwell music venues are working in, together with cost-of-living strain for audiences;
Authorized pink tape limiting how many individuals a membership may maintain;
Costly Pricing
Costly pricing and safety environments for venue operators. One Brisbane operator informed Mixdown it was not essential to have that a lot safety per crowd dimension as a result of Gen Z hardly drank with few punch-ups ensuing.
Altering viewers behaviours and fragmented media panorama;
Advanced authorities coverage and grant schemes;
Mid-Profession Progress
Lack of mid-career progress alternatives and discount in youth dwell music areas and all ages occasions;
Entry and inclusivity; and
Public transportation
Pivotal Threads
Minister Graham went on to say, “Modern music and the night time time financial system are pivotal threads within the artistic and financial cloth of our society.
“That’s the reason we’re investing over $45 million into each music and the night-time financial system within the 2024-25 Finances.”
This shall be primarily by way of funding to Sound NSW and Workplace of the 24-Hour Commissioner.
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Evening Time
The Workplace of the 24-Hour Financial system Commissioner will obtain $26.9 million to empower the night-time financial system trade and native councils by way of regulatory reform, grants applications, precinct-based initiatives, digital instruments and different help to assist create various, secure, and vibrant communities throughout NSW.
The purpose is to help communities and companies that make NSW cities “full of life and thrilling, make use of individuals and contribute to a culturally wealthy, various, inclusive, and progressive nightlife.”
Sound NSW
Sound NSW will proceed to construct and help the position that the modern music trade performs within the night-time financial system, with $18.5 million to ship applications that drive viewers and worldwide market improvement, strengthen the dwell music ecosystem and champion NSW artists and tales.
Mixed, these investments will make it fairer and simpler for companies, artists, and communities to develop and help their music cultures and night-time precincts.
Which means much less pink tape, lowered threat of getting shut down by unfair complaints and eradicating hidden prices to offer certainty and to encourage communities and companies to innovate.
BRISBANE TO GET NIGHT LIFE ECONOMY COMMISSIONER
Brisbane will get a Evening Life Financial system Commissioner to revitalise the night time time financial system and dwell music sector, the Queensland Authorities introduced in its State Finances this week.
Premier Steven Miles mentioned the Commissioner, with funding from the funds, would work with native companies, dwell music venues and leisure precincts to “create a vibrant and secure night-life atmosphere”.
“Our night-time financial system helps generate tens of millions annually and helps jobs throughout the state, in small enterprise, arts, leisure, tourism and extra,” he mentioned.
ID Scanners
It’s anticipated that ID scanners and lockout legal guidelines can be dropped.
A bit within the Courier Mail earlier requested round dwell sector names as to who can be the most effective Commissioner, with John Collins – the one time Powderfinger member who now runs the Triffid and Fortitude Music Corridor – urged because the frontrunner.
INQUIRY INTO EMMA DONOVAN TAXI STOUSH
WA’s Division of Transport is investigating an alleged incident on the taxi rank at Perth Airport when Gumbaynggirr and Yamatji singer songwriter Emma Donovan was refused a trip by two totally different drivers due to her race.
Donovan had simply arrived from Melbourne after a CD launch.
She took to social media to say she discovered “two drivers refusing me within the entrance of the road, one making a remark that he doesn’t like “My Variety”.
Tears And Anger
“I’m completely fuming scripting this in tears and anger. I shall be reporting these guys someway. The entire cab line was arguing about who would take me, and nobody wished to.
“A form fulla supplied me a raise in his Automotive and took me to Vic Park. I do know this wasn’t due to a brief fare, I do know this was Racism at its best.”
AUDIO PIONEER BILL ARMSTRONG DONATES JAZZ ROYALTIES TO CREW
In a transfer uncommon within the music trade, professional audio pioneer and legend Invoice Armstrong AM has donated all bodily royalties from the 42 albums his jazz labels Bilarm Music and Swaggie Information to the Australian Street Crew Affiliation (ARCA).
The cash will go in direction of ARCA’s fund-raising actions in direction of Help Act’s Roadies Fund, with the releases on ARCA’s personal Black Field Information, by way of MGM Distribution.
Earlier 40+ releases included dwell tapes by Midnight Oil, Crowded Home, Australian Crawl, Males At Work, Wendy Matthews, TISM, Spy V Spy, Jon English, Vince Jones, Melancholy and the star-studded Tour of Responsibility live performance in Dili.
Cowl
The Armstrong releases cowl these by pianist Graeme Bell, trumpet/cornet participant Bob Barnard, multi-instrumentalist Don Burrows, trumpeter Frank Johnson and banjo participant Smacka Fitzgibbon.
Inside manufacturing and highway crew circles, Armstrong is a legend for the best way he invented or improvised audio gear from the Nineteen Forties.
“Crews and roadies regard Invoice as an absolute legend, a really unsung hero of the music trade,” says ARCA co-founder “Piggy” Peel.
“We’re all conscious how Invoice pioneered recording music in Australia from the Nineteen Forties, whether or not or not it’s dwell or studio and in opposition to all odds, and we are likely to put him up on a pedestal.”
Crew Members
“By means of the a long time, many crew members went by way of Armstrong Studios and discovered extra about their very own artwork.
“Invoice was at all times prepared to assist by donating his time and information.”
ARCA is in discussions with a serious awards present to introduce a Invoice Armstrong Award to honour music’s behind-the-scene champions together with excellent crew members.
ARCA additionally plans for presidency our bodies to fund a Invoice Armstrong bequest to offer rising studio producers and engineers an awesome profession enhance.
NEW SIGNINGS
Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker Promote To Sony
Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker bought his full tune catalogue to Sony Music Publishing (SMP).
Parker has been with SMP since 2009, and in 2020 widened to cowl worldwide illustration of his future songs.
He’s additionally written with Rihanna, Travis Scott, Dua Lipa, Mick Jagger, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Gorillaz, Mark Ronson, The Weeknd, Woman Gaga, Child Cudi, Flaming Lips, A$AP Rocky, Lil Yachty, Don Toliver, Daft Punk, Miguel, and The Wiggles.
Tony Buchen@ SMP
Los Angeles-based Australian author Tony Buchen inked with Sony Music Publishing.
In March two of his initiatives, Midlife and Peter Garrett, topped the ARIA charts.
He’s been working with Alex The Astronaut, Meg Mac, Full Flower Moon Band and DUTI Dance Firm.
Quivers @ Merge Information
Quivers’ (“Naarm/Melbourne-based jangle broken pop”) August-due album Oyster Cuts shall be launched by way of Merge Information.
The band is at the moment on the highway in Australia with plans to do a US run with Superchunk and taking part in the label’s thirty fifth anniversary competition.
Drummer
The Mirage deal got here after Fugazi’s drummer introduced Mac from Merge to their Washington D.C. present.
Child Rock’s supervisor confirmed curiosity in signing them up at SXSW.
Intestine Well being Go World
Forward of their first tour of the UK and Europe, which included units at The Nice Escape, London Calling and Foul Climate, Naarm/Melbourne dance-punks Intestine Well being unveiled their international staff and new worldwide signings.
On the label entrance, Intestine Well being share a world cope with AWAL Recordings, becoming a member of Little Simz, Angie McMahon, Laufey, Genesis Owusu, Spacey Jane and Jungle.
Roster
The band additionally joined the roster at Harmony Music Publishing. Stay bookings are being dealt with by ATC Stay within the UK and Europe with brokers Sam Lister and Steve Taylor on the helm, Tom Windish at Wasserman will deal with North America and Asia, whereas Casey O’Shaughnessy and Katie Krollig at Choose Music will handle home bookings.
REPORT: FESTIVALS OUT? CONCERTS IN?
A brand new survey by Flight Centre Journey Group’s Stage and Display of a thousand of their passengers aged between 18 and 35, discovered a definite transfer away from festivals to worldwide stadium and area acts.
“Distinct” as in an eye-raising 89% of respondents revealed that they had many causes for transferring away from taking to the fields.
Rising Worth
For 66% it was the rising worth of tickets, 35% blamed the logistics of travelling to the location, and 33% for publicity to the weather as a result of it was restricted shelter at most festivals.
For 58% of feminine respondents it was security issues.
31% most popular to go and see an enormous title headliner like Taylor Swift and P!NK, in a metropolis stadium.
Flight Centre bookings to Sydney round Tay-Tay’s Feb 23—26 exhibits there noticed an 88% enhance in fare gross sales c/f with the week earlier than.
Bookings
Bookings to Melbourne throughout Feb 16—18 was up 89%.
As compared, flights to Byron in 2023 across the time of Splendour (July 21-23) had been 49% up whereas these to Bluesfest (March 28 to April 1) had been simply 1.6% up.
Stage and Display GM Adam Moon noticed, “Worth, comfort and luxury are clearly steering followers in direction of headline acts in metropolis stadiums, however our figures present that ‘FOMO’ is one other issue.
“Offering extra shelter, decreasing ticket prices, guaranteeing security and an inclusive ambiance may breathe life again into this beloved Australian pastime.”
SONOS PACTS WITH PIP EDWARDS
For its entry into the $5 billion headphone market with Sonos Ace, Sonos joined forces with trend entrepreneur and artistic director Pip Edwards (she co-founded P.E Nation) as ambassador and join with a style-conscious viewers.
Sonos Senior PR lead Phillipa Thomas mentioned, “The synergies between Pip Edwards and Sonos are so clear.
Dedication
“Each share a dedication to intentional, consumer-centric design, crafting stunning merchandise that seamlessly mix into individuals’s lives and elevate the on a regular basis, whether or not at residence or on the go”.
“Simply as Sonos revolutionised multi-room wi-fi audio, P.E Nation pioneered athleisure, establishing it as a wardrobe staple and creating tradition.
“This dedication to innovation is the cornerstone of each manufacturers and why we couldn’t ask for a greater companion to launch Sonos Ace”.
BREAKING AMERICA: LITHE, VICTORIA KEY
Singer and producer Lithe is discovering traction within the US with “Fall Again”, launched late March.
Since then, a number of “Fall Again” movies earned tens of millions of views and pumped up his TikTok following, whereas streams there went from 834,000 every week to 1.76 million to three million within the week ending Could 16.
Melbourne metallic band Victoria Key lower it into the US metallic charts with their model of Madonna’s “Frozen”. It’s getting airplay within the USA, Canada, Germany, Italy, Brazil and Australia.
ANNIVERSAY RUNS: CHISEL TO ENZ
Quite a lot of previous and current Aussie megabands have been quietly having pow-wows on how they’d rejoice their fiftieth, fortieth or thirtieth anniversaries within the subsequent few years.
Field units? Reissues with further tracks? Newly unearthed dwell album? An enormous live performance? A full blown tour?
Chilly Chisel shot out of the park with 17 exhibits promoting out 200,000 in hours, inflicting coronary heart palpitations on social media.
Extra dates are being locked in. Will the 2024 find yourself matching Gentle The Nitro Tour (2011), which shifted 325,000 and is largest ever tour by an Australian-based band?
Enzland
Over in New Zealand, issues are stirring up in Cut up Enzland.
Neil Finn informed Zane Lowe’s Apple podcast “numerous issues are taking place… which I’m actually glad about.”
The band is in talks, and social media musings recommend may embody an Australian tour.
Finn attributed this to a brand new staff member who has with “power and vibe” organised our (again catalogue) affairs as a result of they’ve been languishing.”
fiftieth
Finn talked about a fiftieth anniversary arising.
Their debut album Psychological Notes got here out in 1975 by way of Mushroom.
Two years later, Neil and bassist Nigel Griggs joined and the Enz went right into a commercially profitable part with Neil’s “I Bought You”.
MUSIC ONLY SUBS TIER FOR SPOTIFY
As revealed on this column earlier, Spotify has new music-only subscription tier known as Fundamental Particular person, which doesn’t supply audiobooks.
It’s simply launched within the UK for £10.99 per 30 days. The Premium Particular person tier which incorporates 15 hours of audiobook listening per 30 days, prices £11.99.
Plans are to broaden that to America after which another international locations.
HOW MUCH ARTISTS GET IF RADIO CAP REMOVED
Because the music trade and radio sector duke it out over eradicating the 1% cap, a brand new research by economics advisory agency Mandala, and commissioned by the report labels’ royalty assortment group Phonographic Efficiency Firm of Australia (PPCA) has give you what advantages artists will get financially.
Australian artists would get an additional $4.8 million in royalties in 2024-25.
Artists performed on radio may get a 78% enhance in earnings, or an additional $19,100 per yr.
Virtually Double
The variety of Aussie acts performed on radio for the primary time may nearly double.
Paying the identical charge for sound recordings as for musical works would see high business radio stations nonetheless keep revenue margins of 15% however the broader radio margin would slip down from 13% to 11%.
The ABC’s royalty cost would quantity to below 0.3% of the ABC’s complete annual funds. It’s at the moment 0.005c per head of the Australian inhabitants for ABC Radio.
Learn the report here.
VALE
These are amongst these within the Australian music trade who handed on in latest weeks.
Andrew McVitty modified late night time music TV within the late ‘70s, as director of Seven’s Nightmoves. He additionally helmed Kylie Minogue’s movies for “The Loco-Movement” and “I Ought to Be So Fortunate”.
Chris Worrall was a guitarist with Melbourne bands Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, Pelaco Brothers, Stilleto (fronted by Jane Clifton) and Bleeding Hearts.
Within the Eighties Worrall, who studied arts and design, and Chris Lofven made movies for Cut up Enz, Lin Van Heck, Mondo Rock, Joe Dolce, Wendy & The Rocketts and Mike Rudd and The Heaters, earlier than he moved into promoting.
Dynamic
Bevan Quelhurst, dynamic and creative publicist with CBS Information and PolyGram Information, of lymphoma.
Tongan-Australian ABC presenter Fale’aka Taumoepeau and singer (aka SistaNative), 47.
James Stewart Rattray bassist with Jon English, Jeff St John, Mark Holden, Ross Ryan and Billy Subject, was additionally a songwriter signed with Chappell Music and Alberts Music, and producer at his personal Adelaide studio Desert Canine.
Chain
Clive ‘Jiva’ Lawler was a part of Chain’s unique highway crew and cricket staff, and editor of the Every day Planet journal.
UK-born Sri Lankan, Nigel Cramer was a DJ in Melbourne reggae golf equipment within the ‘80s and 90s.
Bob Rogers, greatest recognized in his remaining years as a high score radio and TV jock, started on radio within the ‘40s, first in Australia to play ‘Rock Round The Clock’ by Invoice Haley & His Comets in 1955, toured with The Beatles and launched the High 40 idea to Australian radio within the ‘60s.
Trafalgar Studios
Owen Reynolds sorted the gear at Trafalgar Studios for 20 years. Studio proprietor and producer Charles Fisher known as him “a great man. He was loyal, He was quirky.”
Drummer Chris Barton was a member of assorted bands together with Shivers.
Dean Bateup was a Geelong musician (Behind The Magnolia Curtain), music retailer (Lacking Hyperlink, photographer and inspiration behind Bored! and Sundown Strip.
Drums
Fred Noonan performed drums and or guitar for Six Ft. Hick, Blowhard and The Jim Rockfords.
Singer songwriter Frances Peters Little additionally starred within the theatre manufacturing of Buried Nation, and ran the JL Basis and Thumbs Up! of her father Jimmy Little.
Jane Brownrigg co-hosted Melbourne radio 3CR’s Music Issues and an avid dwell music fan.
Scooter
“Scooter” Collings was a very long time INXS lighting crew member.
In latest occasions, a skirmish in a Brisbane pub noticed him thrown face first onto concrete ground.
Help Act and the Australian Street Crew Affiliation paid for his hospital payments, received him flown again to his residence in North Queensland, and helped pay for his funeral.
